Smoke in Lawrence and Morgan Counties from a Controlled Burn

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the smoke covering Lawrence and Morgan Counties this afternoon; it’s a controlled burn in the Bankhead National Forest. The plume of smoke can be seen from about 23,000 miles away using GOES visible satellite imagery:

Smoke plume circled moving with the southwest wind (indicated by the yellow arrows)

The word “ridiculous” has been used by Zach Pearce (@northalwx) one of our former interns who lives in Hartselle. Here are some of his photos: